Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
wrap, embrace
Parts:
wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
  • 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
  • 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
  • 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure

Kun reading compounds

  • 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
  • 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • envolver
  • empaquetar
  • cubrir

Portuguese

  • movimentar
  • embrulhar
  • capa
  • esconde

French

  • emballer
  • envelopper
  • recouvrir
  • cacher
511 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
611 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
583 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1112 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
369 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
377 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
218 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1013 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
230 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3684 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2560 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
536 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2506P Morohashi
2966 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 New Nelson (John Haig)
530 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
569 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
456 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
0a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
2771.2 Four corner code
1-42-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5305 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
membrane
On:
マク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1804 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 膜 【マク】 membrane, film
  • 膜厚 【マクアツ】 film thickness, coating thickness
  • 角膜 【カクマク】 cornea
  • 網膜 【モウマク】 retina

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4, mo2
Korean:
mag, mo

Spanish

  • membrana

Portuguese

  • membrana

French

  • membrane
1834 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1897 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1379 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1426 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1515 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1042 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1345 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
728 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
238 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29808P Morohashi
1062 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4854 New Nelson (John Haig)
233 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
248 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1708 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3963 2001 Kanji
4b10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
7423.4 Four corner code
1-43-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
819c Unicode hex code